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jmi2 commented on the blog post NC bigot pastor Patrick Wooden invited to LaBarbera presser claims ‘gay men need diapers’
hhhmmmm? he actually used the words butt plug?
can Lucy, or someone, ‘splain me how he knows that term?
just asking…
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jmi2 commented on the blog post When the system fails you: living (or is it just existing) with chronic pain
i actually have a video! just before the 1st procedure the X-ray tech was ‘filming’ using the X-ray machine; that’s when i saw the stone; like i said, i thought he was nuts but i saw it!
have you had calcium checked? i have to every three months; i’ve eliminated as much calcium as possible from diet and supplements but it still stays high. they are now going to look at parathyroid; seems it has a control of calcium production.
my grandmother used to say, “The man who said ‘Life begins at 40, should have been f****** shot!’” of course, she said it in Italian, so it sounded much stronger; she swore like the proverbial truck driver.
speaking of cursing, there was just research published in the Lancet, i think (?), that swearing at least once a day helps ease pain; honest! imagine what pain we would be in if we didn’t swear?
there is nothing like a good 4-letter word now and again…
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jmi2 commented on the blog post When the system fails you: living (or is it just existing) with chronic pain
man, do i hear you on this as well as Pam; i had my 3rd back surgery in July and now have a scar going from just under my shoulder blades to all the way down. my friend, Lorraine, says i have the longest ass-crack in the world!
while in the hospital, they also discovered that i have cervical & thoracic disk/vertebrae problems (i had a fake ‘heart attack’ – a cervical compression they didn’t know was there – that put me in cardiac care also);
before the surgery, which went well but had major complications right after, the neurosurgeon made it very clear that there was no guarantee that all of the pain would ever go away; it hasn’t but i am no longer on the narcotic; i had to get off it; i just couldn’t stand it and i was addicted! luckily, my primary is an expert on substance abuse & addiction (he maintains some of his regular patients) and deals with kids at Depaul U.; he was great with me. i’m only doing maybe 6 tylenol a day if i need it & he allows me to have some Vitamin V on hand if it gets really bad; otherwise, i live with the pain.
in addition, i am a calcium factory; not only was my spine loaded with spurs but i produce kidney stones like making candy! the last one, Pam, was a 12 and was the length of my index finger! i told the x-ray tech he was crazy until he showed it to me; that was an additional two procedures.
the thing is i’m not going to stop; i’m going to go on and do what i need to do and realize that sometimes i just can’t do some things; i even went to Honduras for a long weekend to work with my schools in the mountain region; the kids make me feel better than any pain med…!
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jmi2 commented on the blog post Are the Tornadoes God’s Judgment Against Conservative States?
i LOVE it!
if it were true, it could change my entire belief system! well, maybe not…
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